The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-03-17
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To Provide q More Eficient System OF
Working tho Public Roads in Anderson
( County.
SECTION 1. BE it enacted BY the Sen.
ate and House OF Representatives, of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority OF the same: That the County
Commissioners of Anderson County be,
and they are hereby authorized and
required to divide the public roads of the
said County into Highway Districts, of
such size as they may deem advantage
ous, and appoint an overseer for each
District, and assign such hands to each
District as they may see proper, having
regard to the residence of the hands so
assigned.
SECTION Q. Every person so appointed
oyerseer, unless, exempt from road duty,
shall be required to serve as hereinafter
provided, and any person refusing or
neglecting to serve when appointed,
shall forfeit to the County the sum Of
twenty five dollars, to Be applied to the
permanent Improvement of the roads in
said County, as hereinafter directed.
The term of Office of such overseer shall
be for two years from the date of their
appointment; but such overseer shall
not be compelled to!serve more than one
term. -
SECTION 3. The County Commission
ers of said County shall furnish each
-oyerseer with a list Of all persons liable
to road duty, who are assigned to work
upon the highway district over which
such oyerseer is appointed, and it shall
be his duty to warn out such hands at
the times and places designated by the
County Commissioners, and at such other
times as the exegeneies of the weather
may necessitate.
SECTION 4. The County Commission.
iers shall require all persons liable to
road duty in said County to work upon
the public roads not less than eight, nor
more than twelve days in each year, and
,it shall require eight hours Of actual
work to constitute days work under
this section.
SECTION s. It shall be the duty of
each oyerseer to keep q list of the hands
under his control, and note i.e hours of
actual work which each hand does, and
to return to the County Commissioners
after each working ordered BY them, q
list of each hand under his control who
works, and the number of hours he has
actually worked, and be shall also keep
q list of such hands as refuse or fail to
work, and such returnsshali be sworn to
in whole or in part, and.return the same
20 the County Commissioners, and shall
by oath attest>the correctness of each list
30 kept and returned by him.
SEcTIoN 6. The County Commission.
ers shall direct the times Of working said
roads, and the place in each district at
which work shall begin, and the overseer
in each district shall proceed to work
the roads under his charge thoroughly as
he gees, arching the same TO the center,
with drains on each side to convey the
water; and when necessary shall protect
such drains from washing, by throwing
in stone, at suitable distances. When.
ever it is necessary to convey water or
to provide for it to cross any road, he
shall have the drain across such road laid
in stone, and of such width as to afford
an easy crossing where bridge may not
be necessary. He shall make the road
atleast twenty feet wide, and shall pro.
tect them by suitable drains, or posts,
from interference by cultivation.
SECTION z. The County Commission.
ers shall provide such overseer with such
number of picks and scrapers as they
may see proper, and such overseers shall
be responsible for the custody of the
same. All hands warned 20 work the
roads, shall bring with them hoe,
shovel or other farm tool, as directed by
the said overseer.
SECTION 8. ANY hand in said County
may compound for his work by raying
to the overseer, and taking his receipt in
writing therefor, the sum of FIVE dollars
per annum, which sum shall be returned
BY such overseer with q monthly state.
ment, duly verified by affidavit, showing
of whom received, to the County Com.
missioners, for the permanent road fund
of the County hereinafter provided for.
SECTION 9. That the County Commits.
sioners of Anderson be, and they are
hereby authorized and required, to levy
annually the sum of one fourth of one,
mill, if so much be. necessary, on all the
taxable property of the County, to be
designated as a permanent improvement
fund, and the proceeds therefrom shall
be annually expended by said Commis-
sioners in macadamizing or permanently
fixing the worst places in the public
roads, or constructing rock culverts
where necessary across the said roads.
SECTION 10. The provisions of exist
ing laws relating to the working of high.
ways, shall remain of force in said
County, except so far as they may be
modified by the provisions of this Act.
Approved the 24th day of december,
A. D. 1856.